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Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"maff" |
| Date: |
02 Jan 2007 04:34:57 AM |
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OT: Saddam Hussein |
Was Saddam's death dignified?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1981081,00.html
Stephen Moss
Tuesday January 2, 2007
The Guardian
On the surface, of course not. An ageing man with a grey beard stands,
looking bemused, beneath a makeshift gibbet while his enemies taunt
him. As he is saying a final prayer, the trapdoor is suddenly released
and he plunges to his death, a brief expression of surprise registering
on his face as the floor gives way. All this is filmed. Twice. Once as
an official video that ends just before the door is opened. But also in
a clandestine, unexpurgated videophone version now doing the rounds on
the internet.
Saddam Hussein
http://news.google.com/news?num=100&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=Saddam%20Hussein&btnG=Search&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=gn
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Saddam+Hussein&sa=N&tab=nw
http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Saddam%20Hussein&sa=N&tab=wb
http://www.google.com/search?q=Saddam+Hussein&btnG=Search+Directory&hl=en&cat=gwd%2FTop
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=Saddam+Hussein&start=0&scoring=d&num=100&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&
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| User: "Cliff" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Saddam Hussein |
02 Jan 2007 06:56:11 AM |
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maff wrote:
Was Saddam's death dignified?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1981081,00.html
Stephen Moss
Tuesday January 2, 2007
The Guardian
On the surface, of course not. An ageing man with a grey beard stands,
looking bemused, beneath a makeshift gibbet while his enemies taunt
him. As he is saying a final prayer, the trapdoor is suddenly released
and he plunges to his death, a brief expression of surprise registering
on his face as the floor gives way. All this is filmed. Twice. Once as
an official video that ends just before the door is opened. But also in
a clandestine, unexpurgated videophone version now doing the rounds on
the internet.
Saddam Hussein
http://news.google.com/news?num=100&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=Saddam%20Hussein&btnG=Search&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=gn
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Saddam+Hussein&sa=N&tab=nw
http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Saddam%20Hussein&sa=N&tab=wb
http://www.google.com/search?q=Saddam+Hussein&btnG=Search+Directory&hl=en&cat=gwd%2FTop
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=Saddam+Hussein&start=0&scoring=d&num=100&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&
Short answer - No
Longer answer - What ever you believe about this execution, the video
looks like a group of thugs killing a hostage. A legal state exection
should be carried out humainly. When hangings was legal in the UK the
victim was taken through a door and within 30 seconds he had been
executed with dignity.
Unfortunately, in this video Sadam Hussein looks like the most
civilised person in the room.
Cliff
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